Biorhythms derived from consumer wearables predict postoperative complications in children.

ABSTRACT: Postoperative complications pose substantial health risks to children who undergo surgery, yet timely detection of complications after discharge is challenging due to reliance on subjective symptom reports from children and caregivers. Alternatively, wearable devices can provide objective health measurements for continuous recovery monitoring, potentially enabling earlier complication detection in the hospital or community. This study examined biorhythm-based metrics (circadian and ultradian rhythms, derived from the daily activity and heart rate patterns recorded by a consumer wearable) and their relationship to postoperative recovery in children with and without complications. Wearables were given to 103 children for 21 days immediately after appendectomy, and biorhythm metrics were extr

SUBMITTER: Hua R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12239953 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature